April 2008
13 posts
Sen. Salazar asks Clear Channel to Reprimand Rush... →
Sen. Ken Salazar has sent a letter to Clear Channel Radio (Rocky Mountain Region), owner of the KOA 850 radio station, requesting it reprimand Rush Limbaugh for his “riot” comments about Denver and…
Paper or…Not? →
Whole Foods is celebrating Earth Day by banning plastic grocery bags. Permanently.
Whole Foods Markets banished the plastic shopping bag from check-out counters, sacking groceries in reusable or…
And the Webware 100 Winners are... →
I’m happy to announce the winners of the 2008 Webware 100. These are the 100 top Web apps, 10 each in 10 categories, according to Webware users and the fans of the products that were finalists…
JFK, LAX To Test Millimeter-Wave Scanners →
Narrative Fallacy writes “The Transportation Security Administration has announced that it’s beginning pilot tests of millimeter wave scanning technology at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)…
MacWireless claims 200Mbps via powerline adapter →
Macwireless.com has introduced Mac-compatible powerline adapters with a maximum speed of 200Mbps.
Henry Ford and the source of our fear →
Henry Ford left us much more than cars and the highway system we built for them. He changed the world’s expectations for work. While Ford gets credit for “inventing the assembly line,” his great…
WiiMan, the Nintendo Wii Super Hero →
rafaelmizrahi writes “WiiMan the Super Hero is a full action figure costume of a super hero that functions as a Nintendo WiiMote remote. Having trouble playing Wii? WiiMan to the rescue. This…
Sometimes, the best part of buying something... →
is the buying part. I watched some shoppers leave a clothing store in NY the other day. They seemed wan and a little sad. The same shoppers, when they were waiting in line at the cash register,…
Search for Mapped Web Pages in Google Maps →
Google Maps added the map view available at Google Experimental Search. Google extracts the most important locations from web pages and lets you see the search results on a map. To restrict your…
Flowers' Smell Not Traveling As Far →
Ant writes in to note a study indicating that, because of air pollution, the smell of flowers is not wafting as far as it once did. Pollutants from power plants and automobiles destroy flowers’…
The Effect of Social Missions On Tech Innovation →
The New York Times is running a piece on how some emerging companies in the tech industry are focusing on social missions rather than profits despite having successful business methods. The startups…
In and on and 'a' →
How to sound smart when talking about the Internet: You don’t have ‘a facebook.’ Facebook is a place, a network, not a page. You’re ‘on facebook,’ or you ‘use facebook.’ ‘Friend’ is a verb. “I’ll…
Pump Audio →
For years, Pump Audio has been providing major media companies such as MTV, NBC, CBS and the BBC with a proven, legal way to access great independent music for their commercial productions. Now Pump is making this same world class licensing solution directly available to you.